Ritson, Joseph. The quip modest a few words by way of supplement to Remarks, critical and illustrative, on the text and notes of the last edition of Shakespeare; occasioned by a republication of that edition

Folger bibliographic ID: 64516
Folger call number: FILM Fo. 4057.7
Folger holdings ID: 65976

General notes

The edition referred to is that of Johnson and Steevens, revised by Isaac Reed, 1785 This copy contains the reference to George Steevens as an "infamous soundrel" (p. vii of preface) After a small number of copies had been issued the book was reissued with this comment modified Signatures: [A]-E⁴. (A2 is unsigned) See B. H. Bronson, Joseph Ritson (1938) II, 760, no. 13 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1993. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm

Extended title: The quip modest a few words by way of supplement to Remarks, critical and illustrative, on the text and notes of the last edition of Shakespeare; occasioned by a republication of that edition / revised and augmented by the editor of Dodsleys Old plays [Isaac Reed] ...

author: Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803